Umndeni, ngu-Michael D. O'Brien
Okunye kokukhathazeka okuvame kakhulu engikuzwayo kuvela kumalungu omndeni akhathazekile ngabathandekayo babo abashiyile okholweni. Le mpendulo ishicilelwe okokuqala ngqa ngoFebhuwari 7, 2008…
WE bavame ukuthi "umkhumbi kaNowa" lapho sikhuluma ngaleso sikebhe esidumile. Kepha akusindanga uNowa kuphela: uNkulunkulu wasindisa umndeni.
UNowa wangena emkhunjini kanye namadodana akhe, nomkakhe, nabafazi bamadodana akhe ngenxa yamanzi kazamcolo. (UGenesise 7: 7)
Lapho indodana yolahleko ibuyela ekhaya. umndeni kwabuyiselwa, futhi ubudlelwano balungiswa.
Umnewenu ubefile, wabuye waphila; ubelahlekile, usetholakele. ( Luka 15:32 )
Lapho izindonga zaseJeriko ziwa, isifebe nomndeni wakhe wonke babevikelekile enkembeni ngoba yena wayethembekile kuNkulunkulu.
Isifebe kuphela uRahabi kanye konke abasendlini naye mabasindiswe, ngokuba wafihla izithunywa esazithumayo. ( Joshuwa 6:17 )
Futhi “ngaphambi kokuba usuku lweNkosi lufike…”, uNkulunkulu uyathembisa:
Ngiyakuthuma kini u-Eliya, umprofethi... ukuba aphendule izinhliziyo zawoyise kubantwana babo, nezinhliziyo zabantwana koyise… (Mal 3:23-24)
UKUSINDISA IKUSASA
Kungani uNkulunkulu ezobuyisela imindeni?
Ikusasa lomhlaba lidlula emndenini. —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, I-Familiaris Consortio
Kuzoba njalo imikhaya futhi ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyobuthela emphongolweni wenhliziyo kaMariya, ukuze abanike indlela ephephile yokungena Inkathi elandelayo. Kungalesi sizathu ukuthi umndeni uwumsuka wokuhlasela kukaSathane isintu:
Inkinga yokuba ngubaba esiphila kuyo namuhla iyinto, mhlawumbe ebaluleke kakhulu, esongela umuntu ebuntwini bakhe. Ukuqedwa kobaba nokuba ngumama kuxhumene nokuqedwa kokuba ngamadodana namadodakazi ethu. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI (UKhadinali Ratzinger), uPalermo, Mashi 15, 2000
Kodwa kuNkulunkulu lihlala likhona ikhambi. Sanikwa thina ngekhanda leNkosi Umndeni wesonto, uBaba oNgcwele:
ISonto belilokhu lisho ukuthi lo mthandazo usebenza ngempumelelo ethile, liwuphathisa iRosari… izinkinga ezinzima kakhulu. Ngezinye izikhathi lapho ubuKrestu uqobo babubonakala busongelwa, ukukhululwa kwabo kwakuhlotshaniswa namandla alo mthandazo, futhi i-Our Lady of the Rosary yanconywa njengalowo ukukhulumela kwabo kwaletha insindiso.
Namuhla ngokuzithandela ngibeka emandleni alomkhuleko… imbangela yokuthula emhlabeni kanye nembangela yomndeni. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, Rosarium Virginis Mariae, n. 39
Ngemithandazo nemihlatshelo yethu manje, ikakhulukazi umthandazo weRosari, silungisa indlela yeNkosi, senzela abathandekayo bethu abaduke esonweni izindlela eziqondileyo ukuba babuyele ekhaya, ngisho nalabo ababanjwe “izinkinga ezinzima kakhulu.” Akusona isiqinisekiso—wonke umuntu unenkululeko yokuzikhethela futhi angenqaba insindiso. Kodwa imikhuleko yethu ingaletha lowo msebe womusa, ithuba lokuphenduka, okungenjalo ngeke linikezwe.
URahabi wayeyisifebe, isifebe. Nokho wasindiswa ngenxa yesenzo sokholo (Josh 2:11-14), futhi ngenxa yalokho, uNkulunkulu welula umusa nesivikelo saKhe phezu kwakhe. konke umndeni. Ungalahli ithemba! Qhubeka uthembele kuNkulunkulu, futhi ubeke umndeni wakho Kuye.
Lapho uNkulunkulu esezohlanza umhlaba ngozamcolo, wabheka emhlabeni futhi wathola umusa kuNowa kuphela (Gen 6:8). Kodwa uNkulunkulu wasindisa nomndeni kaNowa. Mboza ubunqunu belungu lomndeni wakho ngothando nangemithandazo, futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke ukholo lwakho nobungcwele, njengoba uNowa aletha isimbozo somndeni Wakhe… njengoba uJesu asimboza ngothando lwakhe nezinyembezi, ngempela, igazi Lakhe uqobo.
Uthando lumboza inqwaba yezono. (1 Pet. 4: 8)
Yebo, beka abathandekayo bakho kuMariya, ngoba ngiyakutshela, uSathane uzoboshwa yiketanga leRosari.
UKUBUYISWA KOMSHADO
Uma uNkulunkulu ezosindisa imindeni, khona-ke okokuqala nokubalulekile, uyosindisa imishado. Ngoba emshadweni kukhona i ukulindela we ukuhlangana okuphakade uKristu awulungisela iBandla;
Madoda, thandani omkenu, njengalokho noKristu walithanda ibandla, wazinikela ngenxa yakhe ukuba alingcwelise, emhlambulula ngokumgeza ngamanzi ngezwi, ukuze azethule kuye ebukhazikhazini, engenabala noma mibimbi noma into enjalo, ukuze abe ngcwele futhi angabi nasici. (Efe 5: 25-27)
The I-Era Yokuthula iyona Inkathi ye-Ekaristi, lapho ukuba khona kukaKristu koMthendeleko kuyomiswa kuze kube semikhawulweni yoMhlaba. Ngalesi sikhathi, iBandla, uMlobokazi kaKristu, lizofinyelela ukuphakama kobungcwele ngokuyinhloko ngokuhlanganiswa kwalo kweSakramente. ngenyama kaJesu kwi-Ekaristi Engcwele:
Ngalokho indoda iyakushiya uyise nonina, inamathele kumkayo, futhi laba ababili bayakuba nyamanye. Le yimfihlakalo enkulu, kepha ngikhuluma ngoKristu nebandla. (Ivesi 31-32)
ISonto liyophila izimfundiso zikaPapa John Paul ‘ngemfundiso yenkolo yomzimba’ lapho ubulili bethu bobuntu buyophinde buhambisane nentando kaNkulunkulu, futhi imishado yethu nemikhaya yethu iyoba “ngcwele futhi ingabi nasici.” Umzimba kaKristu uzofinyelela kuwo isiqu esigcwele, elungiselelwe ukuhlanganiswa neNhloko yalo kuze kube phakade lapho iBandla liyofinyelela ekupheleleni kwalo okuphelele eZulwini.
Imfundiso yenkolo yomzimba [iyi] “ibhomu lesikhathi lemfundiso yenkolo elizoqhuma nemiphumela emangalisayo . . . mhlawumbe ekhulwini lamashumi amabili nanye.” -UGeorge Weigel, Imfundiso Yenkolo Yomzimba Iyachazwa, iphe. I-50
UJesu wathi, “ukuhlakanipha kubonakala ngemisebenzi yakho.” Ingabe umsebenzi Wakhe omkhulu kunayo yonke ungumuntu? Ngempela, ukubuyiselwa komkhaya nomshado kuyoba ukuphela Ukuqinisekiswa Kokuhlakanipha phambi Kwakhe ukubuya kokugcina enkazimulweni.
U-Eliya uzofika kuqala futhi abuyisele zonke izinto. ( Marku 9:12 )
Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngoDisemba 10, 2008.
UKUFUNDA OKWENGEZIWE:
Uma ungathanda ukondla izidingo zomndeni wethu,
mane uchofoze inkinobho engezansi bese ufaka amagama
"Okomndeni" esigabeni sokuphawula.
Akubusise futhi ngiyabonga!
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